Roberto Ognibene

Roberto Ognibene (12 August 1954-) was a leader of the Red Brigades during the "Years of Lead".

Biography
Roberto Ognibene was born in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy in 1954, and he joined the Italian Communist Party's youth wing in 1968. In 1969, he joined Prospero Gallinari and Alberto Franceschini in leaving the PCI to join left-wing militant groups, and they ultimately joined the Red Brigades. In 1974, he took part in the attack on the Italian Social Movement headquarters in Padua, and he was captured by the Carabinieri after a shootout on 15 October 1974. On 29 January 1975, he was sentenced to 28 years in prison, and he headed a prison revolt in October 1979. He was released in 2005, and he worked for a social services cooperative in Bologna after his release.